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G. H. PARSONS DOLL Filed Sept. l1, 1924 JNVENTOR GEO. HDHS'ON BY ATTORNEYS Patented Feb, Z, i923,

iiiiliwil@ TTS GEORGE HARRY .'PRSOTS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSXGNOR TO AVERILL MFG. CO., OF

NEX-V YORK, El. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

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Application filed September 11, 1924.

To all whom 2'15 may concern.'

Be it known that I, Grenen H. lJAnsoNs, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of the Bronx, in the county of Broni; and State of New York, have invented a new and in proved Doll, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to dolls, an object of the invention being to provide a doll which when jumped up and down, pressure being applied to one leg at a time, whistles within the legs of the doll will be sounded so that the doll when caused to simulate a dance will issue sounds as if the doll were whistling.

A further object is to provide a. doll in which the pressure or compression of one leg will sound one whistle, and a similar movement applied to the other leg will sound another whistle, the whistles having different tones so that the operations will give a novel whistling sound or sounds.

A further object is to provide a doll of this character in which the whistling mecha` nisms are located within the legs of the doll and do not disfigureor change the appearance of the doll in any manner.

A further objectis to provide whistles mounted in the legs of a doll in such a manner as to permit a free operation of the whistles, or, in other words, provide an improved whistlo operating unit having im proved mounting in the legs of a doll which will permit the necessary air force and prevent interference with the sound wave,

.Vith these and other objectsin View, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts which will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

in the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improved doll showing the ina-nner of operating the saine;

Figure 2 is an enlarged view in longitudial section through one of the legs of the doll, illustrating my improved sounding unittherein;

Figure 3 is a view in transverse section on the line 3 3 of l'igure 2;

Figure d is a view in transverse section en the line 1e-ii of Figure 2;

Figure 5 is a view in longitudinal section Serial No. 737,157.

illustrating one of the Whistles which I may employ.

ln carrying out my invention I employ a doll body 1, head and arms, of any suitable design and dressed in any suitable manner. The legs 2, 2 may be of course formed in various ways but are preferably integral parts of the material forming the body and are of suitable material. The feet 3 of the doll are of the same material which forms the legs and body, and the feet and legs may have shoes 4 and stockings thereon, as illustrated.

My invention relates more specifically to the novel sounding units arranged in a novel manner within the legs of a doll, and I have illustrated in Figures 2, 3 and l one of these units, and it is to be understood that similar units are provided in both legs of the doll with the exception that the whistles employed are of different length 0r votherwise made so as to give different tones or sounds. rThe description, therefore, of one unit will apply alike to both.

The foot portion 3 is filled with any suitable material 6, anda bellows unit 7 is supy lrted on this packing and is of a diameter to fit neatly within the leg. This bellows unit comprises an upper disk 8, preferably ofcork, and a lower disk 9, preferably oi cardboard. Around these disks a sheath or tube 10 of rubber cloth or other similar flexible material is secured to form an airtightchamber in which a coil spring 11 is located. This bellows unit may be secured 'within the leg of the stocking by tacks 1&2 driven through the material of the leg and into the cork disk 3.

This cork disk 8 is provided with a Central opening 13 receiving the smaller end of a whistle 111-. The opening 13 is preferably made circular, and after the whistle 14 is located therein thel opening is plugged by means of a small piece 15 of cork of proper shape.

rlhe upper end of the whistle 14 projects through a disk 16 and spacing pins 17 are located between the disks 16 and 8 and have reduced ends located in openings in the re speotive disks, as shown, so as to maintain the whistle unit in proper assemblage and to maintain an open air space around the opening 18 of the whistle through which the a'; is discharged in causing the sound to be made.

i ating the doll.

particular construction of whistle as I desire to cover broadly the idea of whistles having diii'erent tones and operated by movement or compressionot the legs.

It willl be noted that the disks 16, S and t) and the parts connected thereto constitute a unit which can be readily assembled and positioned in the doll. This is done after the feet are filled with the material 6, and when the units are in place in the legs similar material 6 is packed above the units and in the body of the doll, or otherwise arranged to suit the trade.

In any event it is necessary that there be no obstructionV to the opening 18 and that there be a suificient air compression to give the necessary volume to sound the whistles.

Figure 1 illustrates the manner of oper- The doll is held in one or bothl hands and caused to jump or bounce first on oney toot and then on the other, and giving as many compressions to the legs as may be desired to give the desired tone effects. This operation of the doll gives the appearance of dancing and the sounds simulate whistling so` that to the observer the doll isdancing and Whistling an accompaniment 'at the same time.

Various slight changes and alterations might be made in thegeneral form of the parts described without departing from my invention, and hence I do not limit myself to the precise details set forth but consider myself at liberty to make such slight changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope ot the appended claims.

I claim:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a doll having longitudinally compressible legs, a whistle in each leg of the doll, aud means in each leg of the doll for forcing air through a whistle when the leg is compressed longitudinally.

2. A doll having longitudinally compressible legs, whistles in said legs, and a bellows unit 'for each whistle located in the legs and communicating with the Whistles and adapted to sound the Whistles when the legs are compressed longitudinally.

3. A doll having longitudinally flexible legs, a bellows unit in each leg, a Whistle in 4each .ieg communicating with the bellows unit, and spacing means in the legs around the outlets oi the whistles and adapted to sound the whistles when the legs are compressed longitudinally.

4. In combination with a doll having longitudinal compressible legs, a whistle unit for each leg of the doll, comprising a pair oi disks, pins spacing the disks apart, a whistle mounted in the disks having its o utlet between the disks and its inlet at one face oi one disk, and a bellows unit comn'iunieating with the inlet end of the whistle and adapted to force air through the whistle to sound the same when the leg is compressed longitudinally.

A toy in the form oit an imagey in the similitude ot a human having a body and a pair ot limbs extending from one end thereof and in the general longitudinal direction of the toy, said limbs being compressible whereby to operate sounding units therein, sounding units in each of said legs and adapted for independent and joint operation and to be operated by a bodily movement ofthe entire toy in the direction of length of the legs and for operation by the longitudinal compression oli' the legs as and 'for the purpose set forth.

G. A toy, comprising a doll, having longitudinally 'compressible legs, bellows units in the respective legs and whistles in the respective legs, said whistles being ot different tones and operated by the respective bellows units when the legs are compressed by an action simulating a dance of the toy.

GEORGE HARRY PARSONS 

